Bottle-capping device



E. M. LETTs.

BOTTLE CAPPING DEVICE. APPLICATQON FILED AUGJ 1920.

1,401,800, Patented Deu. 27, 1921,

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Application-filed*Aagusi 7.

T0 all @070cm Maag/:concerni- 1 1 f a citizen of the. UnitedStates andresiding at Waverly vTioga. county,V t'ate'l ofV New York,have'inventedxcertainvnew and use-` ful, Improvements f in-IBottle-Gapping De` vices, of ;'which the following'is 'aspecicatlOIl.' Y r frz The :present invention Vrelates to bottle.cappingtools for applying-L metalr caps "of the type having acorrugated:flange-adapted to be contractedaroundthe-top shoulder or.`

headofa bottle.l

The principal objects of theinvention are to providea tool whichrequires lttlelphyscal exertion to. actuate so `that it'fmay beoperatedby women; tofprovide` atool which may be. easily operated:with-ones-hand; to;l provide a. tooloperated by*grasping;-two` handlesVinthe handi and forcing themK towardeach other; to provide a'toolwhichlis constructed so that the parts which engage the bottle toholditiragainstmovement do not njure, crack or break. the bottle; and'to provide a toolV having; yielding means vto, start the parts ontheirfreturn movements afterra capping operation.- Le i i Other objects andfeatures .of novelty will be apparent from the description takenvinconnection withthe drawings,` in which- Figure 1 is aside'elevation'of a toolvconstructed inaccordance with 4the present in-.vention showing the vparts inthe positions. which they occupy when .thecap has-been pressed homeon the vtopof the bottle Fig.. 2 is a sidee'levation, parts: being shown in sectiongg u '-1 Fig. 3 is an endview;and i; i. r .l Fig. 4 is a sectional viewtaken lsubstantially onthe'lin'e 4-4-of Fig.YV 1. V t

Referring to the drawings fthe numeral `1 indicates'the main member .ofthe tool.,V As

clearly shown in Fig. 4,l oneV end, thereof is formed with a notch-11which is adapted-'Ito receive the neck of a bottle just 4below theshoulder 12 thereof, the shoulder preventingl upward movement of themember relativeV to the bottle. .The other end 13 yof the mem#` her ismade in the form'of a handle and a lever 14 is disposed substantiallyparallel therewith andhas a part also inthe vform of a handle. Thus. thelever handle V'14 and: the handle 13 of the member. maybe grasped vtionthis difficulty is eliminated. Eend at leastgtheparts of the tool whichen- 1, for thej purposexof actuating vthe device.

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The lever 14 is pivoted on a pin `15 and vacts L on a second lever 16.This vlatterlever isv pivotedon the pin117 VcarriedV by ka pair ofspaced ears 18 on thememberf 10. One end -of the lever 16 carries aca al in' 'cu 19.1 Preferably p pp y g' p' Yported on the lever 16, asindicated fat,20, softhat it mayadjust itself during the cap Vapplyingmovement. The cap which this this cup is swlvelly suptool is` adapted toapply is of the' well known type-'having a corrugated flange adapted tobe .contracted'around the head ofthe bottle,r

so it is merely necessary to force theV cup-V v19. -down over -the cap,.the rimof'thecup actingto contract Athe corrugated ange'of thecap andthus. secure it' on the top of the bottle. 'a

.As previously stated the leverv 14 is'y adapted` to act on "the lever16. In theA fo-rm of .theinvention shown, the connection betweenthese'two levers consists of a toggle mechanismcomprising the link. 21hingedn both to/thev end :of the lever'l and to the short' arm 22, thelatter-being rigid with the klever 14 and beine disposed in 'a slotv 23mthe member 10.. ecause of the two levers and the toggle mechanism7 the.force applied at the handle 14 is transmitted to the capv applyi'nglcuand ver greatly increased in amount. I

onsequent y it requiresl little physical eXertion'to apply a cap withthe present tool. -In order that the toggle mechanism may'fnot swing byits dead Vcenterv lpos'ition,v the lever 14 is disposed so thatJ itvstrikes theibotto-m of the member lOyas indi-v cated. atf'24, when'thecup been depressed the'f-ull amount of its movement, the

toggle links being disposed so that they do not quite reach dead centerposition when the handle 14 strikes the abutment 24.-

lf the member 10 or the parts thereofvengaging the shoulder 12 of thebottle are of cast VViron or a similar hard metal, it is foundthatxifwthere are any defects in the glass of the shoulder, the neckwill be broken or cracked.l `According'to the present inven- To thisgage the shoulder 1- 2`vare constructed of a material which will-notvinjure .the same. It is found that aluminum 1s very satisvso factory forthis purpose. As shown the legs 25 forming the notch 11 are provided on.

their upper surfaces with the wear plates or pads 26 of aluminum, theseplates being secured to the legs by screws 27. Inorder to hold the wearplates against lateral move ment, as viewed in Fig. 3, the legs 25 maybe provided with iianges 28. In this case the screws 2T merely act asmeans to hold'the wearfplates in position and do not take anysubstantial strain.

llt will be observed for the proper appli-` Vcationofthe cap tothebottle it is desirablef that the corners of the wear plates26. en-

gaging the shoulder of the bottle be defi nitely positioned withrrespect to the cap.-V applying cup when the latter 1s in its finalposition. With the present tool the .n plates 26 may be adjusted to andfrom thecup by the insertion or removal of spacers or. shims 29.

VJhen one corner of the wear plates 26.be comes mutilated orinjured,.the wear plate may be turned around to present a fresh cor- Asthere are eightv corners or edges ner. which may be utilized it isapparentthat the life of-the Wear plate is very great.

1f desired a yielding means may bepro-` .vided which is compressed whenthe cap is In the operation of the Vdevice a cap is.

placed on top of a bottle and the bottle placed with .its neck inthenotch 11 of the tool, the tool being held in one hand ofthe operator.Now by gripping the handles 13 and 14 and forcing them together, thecu'p 19 will be forceddown over the cap, thus applying it to the bottle.When the grasp on the handleis4 released, the rubber washer 3() willexpand thereby breaking the toggle away from its dead center positionshown in Fig. 1.

1t will be seen that the present tool is constructed so that theactuating force is greatly multiplied, thus furnishing a tool by meansof which bottles may be capped by women. Furthermore there ispractically no breakage in theoperation because of the construction ofthe parts which engage the shoulder on thev neck of the bottle.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been described indetail, it is to be understood that the invention is not thus limitedbut includes modifications and changes which come within the scope ofthe appended claims. Y

Having thus described the invention what is claimed asvnew and desiredto be secured by Letters Pat-ent is:

1. A. bottle. capping. device including in combination, a member adaptedtovstraddle the neck ofthe bottle below the shoulder thereon,a leverpivoted intermediate its ends on one side of said member and having acapV applying cup at one end thereof, actuating means hinged to saidmember on the side' opposite to the cup carrying lever.

2. A bottle capping device including in combination, a` member formedwith a notch to receive theV neck of a bottle belowth'e shoulderthereof, a cap .applying cup, `mea'nefso connecting ysaid'cup tosaidmember as* to p'er'V mitl movement ofsai'd'cu'p ytorapply the cap, meansto `move the cupl to rforcethebc'ap on the bottle includingytogglemechanismand means to actuate said mechanism, said'lastv meansbeing' hinged. to.. said member yon the oppositeside .to said cap;applying-cup.-

3. -Abottle'capfapplyi'ng device including in combination, a: memberhaving a vnotch adapted to tightly receive the neck of'thebot'- tlebelowthe shoulder thereon, a lever pivotedfvintermediate itsv ends on. saidmembery and having a cap applying 'cup at: one/end thereof, and anactuating .lever pivoted: on

the oppositeside to said' first lever 'on said member and'linkconnection-fromone end of said actuating lever. to the end of Kthe firstlever opposite thecup end to force thecup toward .the'top of the bottle.

4. A bottle cap'applying device including adapted to tightlyreceive thenecky ofthe bottle below the shoulder thereon, a-lever pivotedintermediate its ends on'. said `member andhaving-a cap applying cupk atone end thereof, and Aan, actuating lever pivoted` onthe opposite sidetosaidfirst-lever on said member and link connection fromoneendof saidactuatinglever tothe end ofztheA first lever. opposite the cup end to.force-the cup Y toward the top of vthe bottle, said actuating` leverhavin a handle.part'disp'osed substantially lpara Ilel withy said.member whereby said handle and member maybe 'grasped jby the hand andthehandle moved'towardthe member to operate the device;

vin combination, a member having a notch 5. A bottle capping-toolincli'uding inV com- Y l bination, `a member adaptedto engage a-bottleand. coperating therewithv to beheld against movementtowfardthe topofthe bot-V tle, a cap applying device, an actuating lever carried bythemember, 'and 'a second lever pivotally connected. to said member' on theside oppositex'to said "actuating'lever and operativelyconnected tothecapapplying dev1ce and toggle mechanism connecting said levers. p Y

6. A bottle capping tool including'in co1nbinatioma member adapted to'engage a bottle and cooperating therewith to Vbe heldagainst ymovementktoward the top ofthe bottle, a cap applying device, a lever pivoted toY said member and carrying said cap applying device, an actuating leverpivoted to said member, toggle arm connection between said levers, saidactuating lever havin a handle part substantially parallel with saidmember whereby the member and said part may be graspedto operate thetool. y

A cap applying tool including in oombination, a member adapted toreceive the neck of a bottle below the shoulder thereof, wear plates onsaid member adapted to engage said shoulder, said plates being com-A yposed of a material which is softer and more4 yielding than that of saidmember, and means associated with said member to force a cap on the topof the bottle.

8. A cap applying tool including in combination, a member adapted toreceive the neck of a bottle below the shoulder thereof, wear plates onsaid member adapted to engage said shoulder, said plates being ofaluminum, and means associated with said Y member to force a cap on thebottle.

9. A cap applying tool including in combination a member adapted tostraddle the neck of a bottle below the shoulder thereof,

a pair of wear plates on said member disposed on opposite sides of theneck and adapted to rest on the parts of said member on opposite sidesof the bottle neck and to engage said shoulder with one edge, saidplates having a plurality of straight edges and being adjustably securedto Vsaid member whereby the plates may be turned to present a fresh edgeto the shoulders of the bottles.

l0. A cap applying tool including in combination a member adapted tostraddle the neck of a bottle below the shoulder thereof, a pair ofaluminum wear plates on said member disposed on opposite sides of theneck and adapted to engage said shoulder, said plates being adjustablysecuredy to said member whereby the plates may be turned to present afresh edge to the shoulders of the bottles.

1l. A bottle cap applying tool including in combination, a memberadapted to receive a bottle and hold it against movement when the cap isapplied, a pair of levers on said member one operative on the other anda cap applying cup hinged for free swinging movement to one of saidlevers.

l2. A cap applying tool including a member bifurcated at one end withlegs closely adjacent the bottle neck on opposite sides below itsshoulder, the said legs having along their outer margins opposite thebottle neck flanges, wear plates having straight edges on opposite sidesdetachably securedr` on said legs with one straight edge abutting theflange and the opposite straight edgeI closely adjacent the bottle neckbelow the shoulder andadapted yto engage the shoulder, the said'wearplates being lreversible on vtheir supports to bring different edgesinto working` position to. engage the shoulder. w13.. 'A' bottle cappingtool includinguin combination a .body memberV formed as aV handle atlone end and as an open jaw at thejother end adaptedto receive the necktheir height and retaining screws for the plates; whereby the plates maybe turned to present a fresh edge for contact when needed.

let. A bottle capping tool including in combination a body member formedas -a handle at one end and as an open jaw at the other end adapted toreceive the neck of a'bottle below its shoulder and engage the shoulder,an operating lever having a hinge `connection at one end to and belowsaid body member and having av portion extending therefrom along saidhandle and adapted l to be grasped in the hand of the user along withthe handle and to move on its hinge toward or away from said handle, ashorter lever pivoted between its ends to and above said body memberbetween the end of said operating lever and the jaw of the body portion,a cap applying cup hinged to and hanging from the end of sald secondmen-V tioned lever next to and above the jaw, and means for transmittingupward pressure on the other end of said second lever to force the capdownward by and through the turning of said'operating lever toward thehandle as by the pressure of the hand drawing the handle and levertogether.

l5. A bottle capping tool including in combination a'body member formedas a handle at one end and as an open jaw at the other end adapted tofirmly engage the shoulder on the neck of a bottle, an L-shapedoperating' lever hinged at its bend to the underside of said bodymember, 'the body member having an aperture through whichV tween saidshort leg and one arm of said ,y

two-armed lever, and a cap applying cupV hinged to the other arm of saidtwo-armed lever. s

16. A bottle capping tool including in combination a body member formedas a handle at one end as an open jaw at the other end adapted to firmlyengage the shoulder on the neck of a bottle, and L-shaped operatinglever hinged at its bend to the underside of said body member, theJ bodymember having an aperture through Which the short leg` of seid operatinglever protrudes upwardly, While the longer arm thereof is movable to orfrom a position substantially parallel to the handle of the body member,a two-armed lever hinged between its ends to the upper side of seid bodymember and extending along the same from one end above seid short leg toa position above 10 the top of the bottle at its other end, means` fortransmitting power from the end of seid short leg to the end portion ofthe arm of the two-arm lever Which is above it, and a'

